Sweet Tweets for 1/3/14: Drawing Joy from the Crib

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Sweet Tweets for 1/3/14: Drawing Joy from the Crib 2015-03-12T16:47:46-07:00 Lisa M. Hendey

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Baby Jesus, Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land at the Bethlehem Shrine — Photo by John Clem

Don’t you love the “back to business” feel that is in the air today?! If you’ve been in “unplugged mode” as I have, you’ll find this week’s Sweet Tweets especially helpful as a recap of the big news for the past seven days. For his part, Pope Francis has been very busy and there’s also been plenty of news on the home front this week for Catholics!

Thank you to John Clem for making this weekly feature possible!

Papal Tweet “Let us draw from the crib the joy and deep peace that Jesus comes to bring to the world.” (Pope Francis Dec. 31st)
Climate Campaign Webinar – January 9th 4pm EST | Franciscan Earth Corps http://ow.ly/sf1ND
NEWS: Pope orders new rules on relations between bishops, religious orders (CNS) http://ow.ly/sfdR1
Video: Big church changes projected in 2014 (CNS) http://youtu.be/h_12wG_8a_8
Video: Nativity scenes and the Catholic tradition (CNS) http://youtu.be/hXTUoZdqLF0
Best Catholic Images of 2013 from Aleteia on Flickr http://ow.ly/sdP6T
National Migration Week January 5-11, 2014 (USCCB) Resources, Prayer Card in English & Spanish, Bulletin insert http://ow.ly/sdQpn
CatholicMom.com has updated their website (great content for Moms & ALL family members) http://ow.ly/scMI7
Video: Peanuts Christmas Flashmob Dance in NYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bB7obyuuY8#t=11 …
WWJD = What Would Jesus Drive | Call To Holiness http://ow.ly/s0gtx
Nice Christmas Story: Carlos Santana Reunites With Homeless Ex-Bandmate http://ow.ly/s2J9j
St. Francis and the early Nativity | Mount La Verna Fraternity http://ow.ly/saZim
Nice Video: Christmas gifts for the homeless (The Random Altruist) http://youtu.be/mm1I3mjDFvA
Video: The Christopher Inn in Ireland is a lay movement to support priests with retreats and formation worldwide http://youtu.be/1mPGUGx6hHg
CRS Rice Bowl 2014 Media Kit Available Online (NEW: mobile App, Global Kitchen Show w/Fr. Leo Patalinghug) http://ow.ly/s1PxN
Merry Christmas — Pope Francis: Urbi et Orbi Message (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/s3wOj
Building a Catholic eBook Library on the Cheap | http://BrandonVogt.com http://ow.ly/s55b6
January is Poverty Awareness Month – inspiring activity calendar with suggestions (USCCB) http://ow.ly/s55wH
An image for the Church in a Christmas Gift Catalog. « Archdiocese of Washington http://ow.ly/s5d8T
A holy source for your printer supply: Ink & Toner from Benedictine Monks http://ow.ly/s5dKp
Video: Catholic News Service looks back at 2013: A year that rocked the church http://youtu.be/MuGFjWmmW2E
Message and Word Scramble for youth from Pope Francis (USCCB) http://ow.ly/s7Agi http://ow.ly/i/49oda
The New Saints and Blesseds of 2013 | Catholic World Report – Global Church news and views http://ow.ly/s7Aoy
Pope Francis shares Prayer to the Holy Family (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/s7Pqx
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for the Year 2014 (Apostleship of Prayer) http://ow.ly/s95SZ
Running Toward Your Resolutions | Blog of the Courtier (Billy Newton) http://ow.ly/s9vCJ
New Years Resolution Suggestion: Pray Pope Francis’ Five Finger Prayer every day! http://ow.ly/i/4aaxP
Video: The 40 Film http://ow.ly/saGsr (Spirit Juice Studios) March for Life Jan 22, 2014 in DC — Join Us! http://www.marchforlife.org/march-with-us
Vatican Paper to focus on theology of women (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/saI9X Newspaper link http://www.news.va/en/source/osservatore-romano …
Fr. Robert Barron’s Word On Fire – WOF Team share Our Favorite Books of 2013 http://ow.ly/saQS9
Reflections from Pope Francis for the New Year (OSV) http://ow.ly/saRxD
Catholic filmmaker gets to make movie about Clemente, his boyhood idol http://ow.ly/saT2t
SQPN’s Five Most Memorable Moments from 2013 – http://SQPN.com http://ow.ly/sbb9Q
The Eight Kinds of Commenters in the Christian Blogosphere » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog http://ow.ly/sbbkY
CNS STORY: USCCB president asks Obama for exemption from fines over ACA compliance http://ow.ly/sbspe
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor delays health law’s birth control mandate (USA Today) http://ow.ly/sbHbj
Will the Real January 1st Please Stand Up. A Homily For New Years Day and the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God (ADW) http://ow.ly/sbHjP
NEWS: Fr. Leo Patalinghug shares New Year’s greetings and a NEW calling (Grace Before Meals) http://ow.ly/sbKEE
Catholic App Roundup for 2013 | Call To Holiness http://ow.ly/sbUtm
Pick your personal saint for 2014 with Jennifer Fulwiler’s Saint’s Name Generator http://ow.ly/sc44g
Video: Mary in Two Minutes – Busted Halo http://ow.ly/sc6Nf
New FREE App: Rosary Marathon–pray the Rosary with intentions while running with GPS support (iPhone) http://ow.ly/sc6E4
Have Faith in Joy – Fr. James Martin, SJ | America Magazine http://ow.ly/sbsrU
“The Best Books I Read in 2013” | Catholic World Report – Global Church news and views http://ow.ly/scMgn
Videos by Fr. Robert Spitzer are now available as Video on Demand format at the Magis Center of Reason and Faith http://ow.ly/scLSP
Fr. Robert Barron’s Word On Fire – How to End Modern Slavery: A video interview with Elizabeth Yore http://ow.ly/scSqt
Video: The natural timing of Christmastide (Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno of the Vatican Observatory) http://youtu.be/A3ovU954cJ8
Satire: Three Kings Humor (The Ironic Catholic) http://ow.ly/scX16

John Clem, Catholic Web Services

John Clem is the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/). John is currently in formation to join the Secular Franciscan Order, and loves to share his talents in faith, technology, and journalism in service to the church. John also writes a blog entitled Call To Holiness (http://www.calltoholiness.us/). Follow John on Twitter at @Catholicwebs, on Facebook and at Google+.

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